2022
Pregnant Women and Opioid Use Disorder: Examining the Legal Landscape for Controlling Women's Reproductive Health.
Madden L, Oliva J, Eller A, DiDomizio E, Roosa M, Blanchard L, Kil N, Altice F, Johnson K. Pregnant Women and Opioid Use Disorder: Examining the Legal Landscape for Controlling Women's Reproductive Health. American Journal Of Law & Medicine 2022, 48: 209-222. PMID: 36715261, DOI: 10.1017/amj.2022.26.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderReproductive healthPregnant womenUse disordersPregnant women's useEvidence-based treatmentsReproductive health outcomesWomen's reproductive healthIntersection of HIVSystems of careHealth care choicesPostpartum womenChild healthTreatment policyUnintentional pregnancyHealth outcomesLarger studyWomenTransactional sexCare choicesMinority womenOutcomesOUDWomen's useDisorders
2016
Acceptability and feasibility of mHealth and community-based directly observed antiretroviral therapy to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in South African pregnant women under Option B+: an exploratory study
Nachega JB, Skinner D, Jennings L, Magidson JF, Altice FL, Burke JG, Lester RT, Uthman OA, Knowlton AR, Cotton MF, Anderson JR, Theron GB. Acceptability and feasibility of mHealth and community-based directly observed antiretroviral therapy to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in South African pregnant women under Option B+: an exploratory study. Patient Preference And Adherence 2016, Volume 10: 683-690. PMID: 27175068, PMCID: PMC4854240, DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s100002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFeasibility of mHealthHIV status disclosurePregnant womenAntiretroviral therapyTreatment supportersStatus disclosureChild human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissionCommunity primary care clinicsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissionPregnant South African womenART adherence interventionsAntiretroviral therapy regimenChild HIV transmissionAntiretroviral therapy adherencePrimary care clinicsSouth African pregnant womenMobile phone accessAfrican pregnant womenFocus group discussionsSMS text messagingPMTCT servicesSouth African womenART adherencePhone accessTherapy regimen
2012
Guidelines for improving entry into and retention in care and antiretroviral adherence for persons with HIV: evidence-based recommendations from an International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care panel.
Thompson MA, Mugavero MJ, Amico KR, Cargill VA, Chang LW, Gross R, Orrell C, Altice FL, Bangsberg DR, Bartlett JG, Beckwith CG, Dowshen N, Gordon CM, Horn T, Kumar P, Scott JD, Stirratt MJ, Remien RH, Simoni JM, Nachega JB. Guidelines for improving entry into and retention in care and antiretroviral adherence for persons with HIV: evidence-based recommendations from an International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care panel. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2012, 156: 817-33, w-284, w-285, w-286, w-287, w-288, w-289, w-290, w-291, w-292, w-293, w-294. PMID: 22393036, PMCID: PMC4044043, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-11-201206050-00419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvidence-based recommendationsAntiretroviral therapyART adherenceBody of evidenceHIV medical careStandardized data extraction formEffective antiretroviral therapyHIV treatment outcomesService delivery interventionsMental health disordersData extraction formSystematic literature searchHIV diagnosisBehavioral end pointsAdherence toolsAntiretroviral adherencePregnant womenDelivery interventionsAIDS careTreatment outcomesObservational studyCare panelHealth disordersExtraction formMedical care
2005
Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening for Incarcerated Pregnant Women
Resch S, Altice FL, Paltiel AD. Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening for Incarcerated Pregnant Women. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2005, 38: 163-173. PMID: 15671801, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000146598.40301.e6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric HIV casesPregnant womenIncarcerated pregnant womenAntiretroviral therapyHIV casesPediatric HIV infectionChild HIV transmissionHIV voluntary counselingHigh-risk populationRate of infectionDecision analytic modelHealth care expendituresHIV screeningHIV infectionVoluntary counselingHIV statusNewborn testingHIV transmissionHIV preventionPrison entrantsNew infectionsHIVTreatment resourcesNewborn screeningCorrectional facilitiesAttitudes toward and beliefs about prenatal HIV testing policies and mandatory HIV testing of newborns among drug users.
Fielder O, Altice FL. Attitudes toward and beliefs about prenatal HIV testing policies and mandatory HIV testing of newborns among drug users. AIDS & Public Policy Journal 2005, 20: 74-91. PMID: 17624031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV testingLongitudinal cohort studyMandatory HIV testingPregnant womenDrug usersCohort studyMandatory testingCertain races/ethnicitiesPerinatal HIV testingPrior HIV testingHigh-risk womenHIV testing policiesHealthcare systemActive drug usersMajority of subjectsFocus groupsStructured interviewsRace/ethnicityRespondent-driven samplingHIV statusBaby's healthAdverse outcomesPrenatal careSuboptimal careHealth beliefs